US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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SQUADRON 18A Main Bose LT. B. R. CheverTon, USNR ExecuTive Officer LT. Commander G. E. Garcia, USN Commanding Officer LT. V. H. Norris, USNR Personnel Officer Captain J. L. Rone, USMCR Chief of FIighT W. T. Tozer, USN Engineering SQUADIHINS Along The Oceon Drive of The N.A.T.B., The Iorge hongors moke o remarkable oppeoronce righT on The edge of The sea. In These buildings, The PoTrol Bombers, which Troin TuTure Novol AvioTors, ore housed. There are Three main Types of oircroTT used in Training The many codeTs who go Through This Advanced Training. The PBY-5 ore more widely known as The CoTolino; The PBM MorTin Mariner; end The older Type of PBY's wiThouT gun biisTers os porT of Their equipmenT. The CoTolino perhaps is noT Too beouTiTul in oircrofT oppeoronce buT olong wiTh The heavy TighTing, bombing and scouTing oircrofT of The Navy, iT does iTs work mosT efficienle. The rescues of Naval AvioTors oTTer enemy ocTion is one main purpose of These Flying BooTs. They also deliver The moroie-building moil To small islands and ships wiTh long sToys upon The sea. The Time saved by TronsporTing The wounded from boTTle oreos is one of The mercies of war. The ocTuol Troining consisTs of primary, odvonced and group Tiying sToges. The codeTs are given The primary sToge wiTh o Thorough Tomiliorionion in The Technique of handling Twin-engine croTT. The change from single engine croTT To These Twin engine P booTs demands The besT insTrucTion, which is supplied by The flying officers of This squadron.